Antislipping device for horseshoes.



NTsLIP-ING DEVICE: PoR HoRssHoEs.

`A,PPLIoLa'lIoN yFILED JUNB`10, 1913. v l,

Patented May 19, 1914.

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ArroHNEr 2f f M. C. LOUIS.

ANTISLIPPING DEVICE PoR HoRsESHoEsV,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1913.

` INYENTUH A TTOHNEY 3 Patented May'19,'1914.

UlaTED STATES Parana' onirica.

MARTIN C. LOUIS, l? DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TO CORNELIUS E3B-OWN, ONE-FIFTH TO ART-IUR D. HOFFMAN, OIXIELFIFTH TO CHARLES E. GBEER, ANE ONEwFIFTKH TO JASPERl J. GREEK, ALL 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

ANTISLIPPING DEVICE FOR' HORSESHOES.

Specification of LetterslPatent.

Leonesa.

PatcntedliIa-y ifi, 191e.

Application fiied June 1o, i913. serial No. 772,873,

To all 'whom 'it mag/concern.' i Be it-dmown that I, MARTIN C. LOUIS, citizen of theUnited States', residing at Dayfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the intent-ion, such as will enable others skilled iii the art to which it appertains'to' malte and use the saine.

My invention relates to anti-slipping devices for horseshoes and consists in the novel features hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying' drawings in which i have illustrated several forms in which the invention. may be embodied and which have been selected by me for the purpose of illustration, and the said invention is fully disclosed in' the following description and claims. f

Referring to the saiddrawings, Figure l Ais a perspective view of a horse shoehaviug' my improved ealls attached thercti 2 is a vertical section of one of thencalks.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a calli, showingv a portion of a shoe in dotted lines` forthe purpose ot oleai'ness. Fig. 4 is a perspective oil one of the jaws used for retaining the call; on the shoef Fig. 5 is a vertical section oi a modified form of callt. F '6 is aside view et the saine. Fig'. 7 is a top plan view of a 'calli havinga iilodilied i'orin of jaw. Fig. S is a side view ot' one ot the modified oriiis ot aws. Fig. 9 is a face and side view of a jaw having' vertical coi'i'ua'ations neai' its top. Fig. 10 isa face and side view slmwing; a further modification of' one ot theV jaws.

The object of my invention is to provide a call; adapted especially toi' use with horse shoes or the like, to forni a roug'hin stud for luse on slippery surfaces, and which may be quickly and securely attached to or readily detached from the shoe7 and preferably .made of' steel hardened and tempered.

In carrying out my invention, l employ a body or frame having suitable apertures to accommodate retainiiigjaws, ,and a screw threaded portion adapted to engage a screw threaded aperture to hold said jaws in engagement with the shoe.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in F igs. 1, 2, 3, and fl, l represents a main body or frame preferably circular iu torni, which in this instance is provided with a top or bridge 2 having` vertically disposed apertures 3 on opposite sides thereof, A'screw threaded, vertically disposed apcr* tui'e is also provided in said top Q at its central portion.

./Tertically disposed grippingjaws 5, provided Iwith inwardly extending heads (3 ai'e pivotally mounted in the apertures 3, and retained therein by nieans of pins 7 secured' to the frame and passing through the elongated slots 7a of the jaws. Y

9 represents a calli, having a screw threaded shank l1 and a screw threaded eoneshaped portion 12, said calli being adapted to be inserted between the lower extremities' of the jaws 5,wheii the screw threaded shank l1V will engage the screw threaded aperture et, and as it is screwed into said aperture, the conc-shaped portion engages the inclined coi'rugatioiis 8 of the jaws.

It will be s"een`froni the drawing, thatl the threads on the screw threaded shank il are opposite te and of less pitch than the threads on the cone-shaped portion 1Q. This is to cause the jaws-5 to be drawn-"down and their lower ends to be spread apart a comparatively `great dist-ance by the 'cone portion 1Q, as the shank 11 is screwed-into the aperture 4f. As the shank advances into said aperture 4f, it is obvious that the lower ends et said jaws will be :forced outwardly and the gripping' portions of the jaws will be forced ir.- wai'dly and made t0 grip theshoe, whereby the frame and calli are retained securelyin place upon the shoe. This operation may be facilitated by providing the calli with tlattened portions 13 to permit the-application of a suitable wrench.

n Figs. 5 and 6 I have shownv a slight modification of my device in which the top 2a, aperture 3a, screw threaded aperture 4t and the jaws a are constructed as shown in Figs. l, 2. 3 and et. 1n Figs, 5 and G, however, the frame 1fl is provided with pointed portions 1b, which act as the roughing stud, and the cone-shaped portion 0a is provided with a screw head 9b adapted to be engaged by a suitable tool. -Tliis construction may be secured to the shoe, by insertingY the point'ot' a screw driver in the slot, in the screw head the saine when the ope 'ation Y ie "ripping portions of the jaws n ,c will he the saine as that (lescrihcd with reference to Figs. l,

7 and 8, I `have shown another ion of my invention in which the ortions 6l* of the jaws 5b are diag i to each other and grip the shoe on opp( sides thereof, hut not dirclftly opposite each other, In other words, the pivoied portions of the Vjaws 5' are verticnliy disposed in the traine on opposite sides in reef and are in parallel relation `While portions (Sb are not in aline- 4 longilndii 'y of the shoe Y n'ections. By this construction the gripping portions of the jaws 'will taire a firmer hold and especially so where the shoe curves. 1

In Fig. Si l have shown the gripping por tions (5" of the j awe provided with eorruga tions Gd which are for the purpose of preirenting the gripping portions iroin slipping along the sides of the shoe. In Fig. `l() I have shon'n a piece of leather (5 provided upon the gripping portion 6B' of the sho'e to The jaws 5 may he removed by ring ont the pins 7. This will permit new I, fs to he placed in the trarne should a jaw heeonie nred and it will he noted that the flonr'nted slots in the jaws permit of adent :for :shoes of different thickness.

hilo i have select t anumher of embodiments oit my invention for the purpose of illustrating the same, l do not desire to he limited to the exact details o construe-- ,ins

lion shown and described., as variationsk herein may he made without departing i'roni the spirit oi' my invention.

lffii-,it i claire and desire to secure by Letters Patent i:

ripping device for horseshoes, j* a inain iranie provided with a apertures therethrough, vert-i jaws pivotally mounted in and provided with gripping i, ie rap part provided With freaiw shank to engage a screw aperture in the top, said conical Y f" adapted to engage the downwardly r iding portions of the jaws and "he same and thereby :force the gripM i or said jaws into engagement ,e and hold the device in place, lit, rigidly ,:onnected to said st1;"uc-

ein anti-s'lipjinqj device for horse shoes, comprising a 1oz-.in '-nne provided with a act in the saine .manner as the eorrngationsv with downwardly extendingv portions, a cone-shaped part provided with a screw threaded. shank to engage a screw threaded aperture in the top, said conical part being adapted to engage the downwardly depending portions of the jaws and spread the same and thereby force the gripping portions of said jaws into engagement with the shoe and hold the device in place.

3. An anti-slipping device for horse shoes, comprising a main frame provided With a to having apertures therethrough, vertica ly disposed jaws pivotallyv mounted in said apertures, provided with gripping portions and with downwardly extending ortions, the inner faces of which are provlded with corrugations, a cone-shaped screw threaded part provided With a screw thread ed shank to engage a screw threaded aperture in thev top, said conical part being adapted to engage the corrugations of the downwardly depending portions of the jaws and spread .theip apart, thereby forcing the gripping portions of said jaws into en agement with the shoe and securing the evice in place.

e. An antislipping device for horse shoes, comprising a main frame, a supporting part extending across the top of said frame, provided with a screw threaded aperture, jaws provided with vertically disposed slots, said jaws beingprovided With gripping portions and 'with downwardly extending portions, pivot pins secured to the frame and passing through said slots, a cone-shaped part provided with a screw threaded shank to engage the aperture in the supporting part, and adapted to force the gripping portions of the j a Ws into engagement Vwith the shoe, said 'coneshaped part being provided witha calk.

tending across the frame and provided with a screw tlfireaded aperture, jaws having downwai'c'lly extending portions, the innerr i'a'ws oi which are provided with corrugations, and a screw Athreaded shank adapted to engage said screw threaded aperture and providedivith means' engngino' said eorru gations for drawing the jaws downwardly and forcing them into engagement with the shoe.

il An anti-slipping device iior horseshoes, comprising a ranie, a suppornng part exnoevgeee tending across the frame, 'provided .with a screw' threaded aperture, jaws having vertically disposed s1ots,`gripping portions and downwardly extending portions, the inner faces of the downwardly extending portions being provided with corrugations, a cone-l -shapedscrew threaded part provided with a shank having screw' threads which are opposite to and of less-pitch than the threads on the cone-shaped "portion, said screw v threaded shank being adapted to en age the aperture in the supporting'part, sai conical part beingadapted to engage the corruga-k tions of the downwardly depending portions of the jaws and draw them down and force them apart when the screw threaded shank in place.

1n testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses..

MARTIN C. LOUS. l Witnesses:

MARGARET JoHNsoN, R; G. TAYLon.' 

